The
following resources and services are currently available
to the Skidmore community. Updates and additions to this
list will be posted each week in the Skidmore Weekly
Bulletin. Please submit
updates to this list by email.
Skidmore
College continues to provide campus-wide fall semester
updates here.
Academic
advising
The
Office of Academic
Advising
is working remotely for the fall semester. Email is the
best way to contact staff, but you can also call and
leave a voicemail.
Accounts
Payable
Staff are working remotely and strongly encourage
sending documentation (invoices, check requests, expense
reports and other forms) electronically through scanned
email attachments to Accounts
Payable. Original signatures are not
required, and scanned copies will be accepted. If a
preparer or approver is unable to physically sign a
document, Accounts Payable will accept an email directly
from the individual. Please note in the email, "As an
authorized signor for my department, I have reviewed and
approved the attached payment request." Please note that
most vendor payments are now being made by ACH transfer
and employee reimbursements are being processed as a
check mailed to your home address on file. Please
email Accounts Payable if you have any
cash deposits, and special arrangements for building
access and drop-off will be made with Campus Safety or
the Card Office.
Career
Development Center
The Career Development
Center continues
to support all students. Students are invited
to schedule an appointment or have their documents
reviewed.
Center
for Leadership, Teaching, and Learning
Scholarly and Creative Endeavors Work Groups (SCE) are
taking on a new format this semester. Three groups will
be led virtually via Zoom from noon to 1 p.m. Mondays,
Tuesdays and Thursdays. Zoom details were shared via
email. Also, due to budget constraints, the CLTL is no
longer able to provide lunch tickets. In addition, for
health and safety reasons, Weller Room (Library 212)
will not be available for faculty and staff to access
this fall. Skidmore ID access has been suspended until
further notice.
Community
Service
The
Office of Community
Service Programs continues
to share ways to give
back.
Like the Skidmore Office of
Community Service Facebook page for
weekly updates. Virtual office
hours
will be held every Monday from 2 to 2:30 p.m. To
schedule an individual appointment, email Michelle
Hubbs
and she will send you a meeting request. If you are
looking for voter registration information, please see
"How to Register to
Vote In Your State."
Employee
Assistance Program
Employees
seeking counseling services may make use of the
Employee Assistance
Program.
Financial
Aid
The Financial Aid
Office is
open during regular business hours, 8:30 a.m. to noon
and 1 to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, and staff are
available by
email and
by phone at 518-580-5750.
First-Year
Experience
The First-Year
Experience office
is working remotely for the fall semester. Email is the
best way to contact staff, but you can also call
518-580-8111 and leave a voicemail.
Health
Services and the Counseling Center
Health
Services and
the Counseling
Center are
available to support students.
Human
Resources/Payroll
Human Resources continues to update Faculty/Staff
FAQs on a regular basis, including
employee testing questions. The HR team is available by
phone 518-580-5800 or email.
Non-exempt
employees with questions concerning time entry should
contact Joan Rivers
in Payroll.
Information
Technology
Information
Technology
asks faculty to email all Help Desk requests to a new
Faculty Help
Desk
to expedite responses. In your email, it is essential
that you include a cellphone or landline number so
someone from IT can contact you. Calling the Help Desk
phone line will not be your quickest means of support.
Staff should continue to submit IT support requests by
emailing the Help
Desk
or calling 518-580-5900 from 8:30 a.m. to noon or 1 to
4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday.
The IT Help Desk is now offering Live Chat Support. The
chat function can be accessed by clicking the Live
Support button on the left side of the IT
Help Desk webpage. It will be green
when support is available. This week, chat support will
be available from 8:30 a.m. to noon and 1 to 4:30 p.m.
Monday through Friday. Starting Aug. 24, Live Chat
Support will be staffed by full-time staff from 8:30
a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday, and until midnight
and on weekends by Help Desk student assistants.
Off-Campus
Study & Exchanges
OCSE
staff will continue walk-in advising from 1 to 4 p.m. in
a virtual format. Check out their remote advising
webpage
for links to daily walk-ins, scheduling a time to speak
with and advisor and online resources to help you decide
on a program for spring 2021 and beyond. Please follow
@globalskidmore on
Instagram and watch for upcoming events.
Opportunity
Program
The Opportunity
Program remains
available to offer support to all OP students, on campus
and off. Staff will be working remotely this fall
semester to assist with advising, academic support and
social support. OP students should feel encouraged to
reach out to staff by email and/or
schedule video conferencing for any needs that
arise.
Post
Office
Regular
academic year hours of 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through
Friday have resumed. Skidmore IDs and departmental
purchasing cards are the only form of payment accepted;
cash is no longer accepted. Until further notice,
distributions and notices are no longer accepted. For
more information, email the Skidmore
Post Office.
Print
Services
Regular
academic year hours of 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through
Friday have resumed. Until further notice, all finished
jobs must be picked up at Print Services; delivery
service has been suspended. Skidmore IDs and
departmental purchasing cards are the only form of
payment accepted; cash is no longer accepted. If you are
experiencing a service issue or have a printing
question, contact Jim
Pfoh.
Purchasing
The Purchasing Office is fully operational and
accessible by emailing Anne
Petruzzelli or Carol
Schnitzer or leaving a voicemail at
518-580-5848 or 518-580-5849.
Registrar�s
Office
The Registrar�s Office is working remotely for the fall
semester. Email is the best way to contact staff, but
you can also call and leave a voicemail. Contact
information for staff can be found
here.
Residential
Life
The
Office of Residential Life is open from 8:30 a.m. to
4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday and available to support
students. Staff are working on campus and remotely and
can be reached by calling 518-580-5765
or by
email.
Scheduling
Office
The
Scheduling Office collaborated with Academic and Student
Affairs to ensure students have space for quiet study
and extracurricular activities while following health
and safety guidelines. For policies regarding use of
space this fall, visit the
webpage
or check availability in EMS. For
more information about policies or how to request a
space in EMS, email the Scheduling
Office.
Scribner
Library
Scribner
Library is circulating physical books. Pick-up is
available from the Circulation Desk from 9 a.m. to 5
p.m. Monday through Saturday and 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Sunday. To request materials, fill out the
library�s online form.
The library is open with first-floor access only, with
the exception of scheduled classes on the upper floors.
Hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday and
11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Sunday. For the fall semester, there
will be no in-person research help at the desk, but
there will be plenty of ways for students and faculty to
talk to a librarian. Visit the �Ask
Us�
page to connect with a librarian through chat, phone or
email. Email your subject
librarian
to make a one-on-one Zoom appointment, or search the
Library FAQs for commonly asked research/library
questions and submit more complicated questions.
A virtual Welcome
Packet for Students is available
here.
Sponsored
Research
The Office of Sponsored Research is working remotely for
the fall semester. Email is the best way to contact
staff, but you can also call and leave a voicemail.
Contact information for staff can be found at the bottom
of the Sponsored
Research webpage.
Student
Academic Services
Student
Academic Services (SAS) makes
professional one-on-one academic support available to
all Skidmore students. SAS serves students interested in
strengthening their academic performance and offers
assistance in developing a wide range of academic skills
and practices. Academic counselors are available by appointment.
Tang
Teaching Museum
The
Tang is open for scheduled classes, faculty appointments
and drop-in hours for students, faculty and staff from
4:30 to 7:30 p.m. Thursdays and from noon to 5 p.m.
Saturdays. For more information, visit the Tang�s COVID
response page.
Writing
Center
At the Philip
Boshoff Writing Center,
trained student tutors offer one-on-one consultations
for writers at every stage of the writing process, from
assignment sheet to final revisions. This fall, all
appointments will be online. Zoom will be the primary
tool for online appointments, but the center will also
support tutoring through Google Docs, Skype, FaceTime,
WeChat, voice or some other method of communication.
Fall 2020 tutoring hours are 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday
through Thursday; 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday; noon to 4
p.m. Saturday; and noon to 10 p.m. Sunday. Students may
check
the schedule for appointment
times.
